Belmontia. | LXXXVII. GENTIANEZ (BAKER AND BROWN). 553 
Stamens inserted above the middle of the corolla-tube.—Parasia 
platyptera, Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 706. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; in moist sandy places between 
LLombe and Quibinda, Welwitsch, 1512! and by the River Cuanza, near Muta 
Lucala, Welwitsch, 1512. 
7. B. primuleeflora, Schinz in Viertelj. Naturforsch. Ges. Ziirich, 
xXxxvii, (1891) 332. Plant 1-3 in. high, branching from the base or 
with 1 simple stem, erect, glabrous, 1-15-flowered. Leaves in few 
pairs, lanceolate, ascending, }—} in. long. Pedicels }—9 lin. long, erect. 
Sepals 5, lanceolate, }-4 in. long; keel winged. Corolla-tube $-} in. 
dong, funnel-shaped in the upper half ; lobes suborbicular, }—4 in. long. 
Stamens inserted below the middle of the corolla-tube.—Engl. 
Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 336. Parasia primuliflora, Hiern in Cat. 
Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 707. Hxochenium primuleflorum, Welw. in Trans. 
Linn. Soc. xxvii. 47. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; by the River Palanca, near Humpata, 
Newton ! spongy pastures in Morro de Lopollo, towards Humpata, above 5300 ft., 
Welwitsch, 1513! swampy places by the Kiver Monino, Welwitsch, 15138, and on 
‘ofty mountain slopes between Lopollo and Gambos, Welwitsch, 1514! by the River 
Cunene, Johnston ! 
8. B. grandis, /. Meyer, Comm. ii. 183. Plant 3—15 in. high, 
1-15-flowered. Stem simple or branched, erect, 4-angled. Leaves in 
few pairs, distant, linear or lanceolate, ascending, 4-14 in. long, 1-5 
lin. broad. Pedicels 1-2} in. long. Flowers erect or horizontal. 
Sepals 5, ovate-lanceolate, 5-11 lin. long ; keel winged, green. Corolla- 
tube 7-10 lin. long, broadly funnel-shaped in the upper half; lobes 5, 
‘suborbicular, }—} in. long, acute. Stamens inserted below the middle 
of the corolla-tube.—Schinz in Viertelj. Naturforsch. Ges. Ziirich, 
Xxxviil. (1891) 330; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 336. Parasia 
grandis, Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 707. Hxochenium grande, 
‘Griseb. in DC. Prod. ix. 55; Welw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. 49. 
Wile Land. Uganda: Ankole, Doggett ! 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; near Lopollo, Welwitsch, 1516! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usagara, ex Engler ; Kondeland ; 
mountains near Langenburg, Goetze, 856. Portuguese East Africa: Medo country, 
between Lujenda River and Ibo, Last ! 
Also in South Africa, 
9. B. mechowiana, Vatke ex Schinz in Viertelj. Naturforsch. Ges. 
Ziirich, xxvii. (1891) 333. Stem very slender, simple, 10-20 in. long, 
usually 1-flowered. Leaves in 4-8 pairs, linear-lanceolate, ascending, at 
most 4 in. long, 4-14 lin. broad. Pedicels 21-3} in. long, naked, 
erect. Sepals 5, narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, 3—5 lin. long ; keel 
prominent, acute or narrowly winged, green. Corolla-tube very 
slender, cylindric, 3-1 in. long; lobes 5, elliptic, acute, 5-6 lin. long. 
Stamens inserted at 3 of the length of the corolla-tube. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: by the River Hamba, Jeusz, 503! 
